
With over 40 years of experience, Silliker is part of the Institut Mérieux. The Group is a major worldwide actor and expert in the food safety and quality solutions and provides customers with total nutrition and health services.
Biofortis is the Silliker Company specialized in the clinical trials management in human nutrition having its own Investigation Center. To reach health claims we propose a complete solution from the set-up of the clinical study to the final report writing in order to obtain scientific evidence of the nutritional benefit of your product (food, functional ingredient, dietary supplement). We build up the protocol with experts, we organise the administrative and regulatory steps, and the operational study management (recruitment, clinical and laboratory monitoring, results valorisation).
Our fields of expertise include metabolic disorders, cardiovascular diseases, menopause / bone remineralisation, prebiotics / probiotics, weight management / satiety, cognitive / stress / vitality.
An other key point is our Specialized Laboratory devoted to the study of metabolic disorders. We offer and develop for pharmaceutical and food companies a panel of routine and sophisticated analyses and biomarkers in various fields (obesity, oxidative stress, lipids...).
Our experienced team is especially trained and applies the international guidelines (Good Clinical Practices). Closely connected to the international scientific environment, Biofortis collaborators run your clinical trial under the highest quality standards: a quality management system ISO 9001-2008 certified, an external quality control system in agreement with international references (CDC) and a reliable and flexible data transfer system.